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AGMs dying a slow, excruciating death new survey confirms

Despite only 10 per cent of large companies reporting that just 300 or more investors attended the 2013 annual general meeting (AGM) — only 0.5 per cent of the shareholder base — costs per shareholder have skyrocketed by 38 per cent since 2011, Governance Institute of Australia’s Benchmarking Listed Company Secretarial Practice in Australia 2014 has found.